The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.107

v4.c16.107

Bengal had not been the only disturbed province of the empire. In 1583 I‘timād Khān, a noble of the former kingdom of Gujarāt, who had raised Muzaffar III to the throne, was appointed to the government of that province. When employed there in 1572 his loyalty had been doubted, but he was now above suspicion in that respect, and Akbar believed that his local knowledge would be useful in Gujarāt and that those who accompanied him would supply his other defects, which were indecision and lack of firmness. Unfortunately for him an attempt by his predecessor to enforce the branding regulation had so enraged the local officers that many of them had repaired to Muzaffar III, who had been living in retirement at Junāgarh since his deposition. I'timād Khān thus found himself confronted with a serious rebellion, for the suppression of which he was obliged to seek the unwilling aid of his predecessor, Shihāb-ud-dīn Ahmad, and while they were arranging the terms on which they would co-operate Muzaffar III occupied Ahmadābād. Qutb-ud-dīn Muhammad Khān, of the "foster-father cohort", advanced from Broach to Barodā but was compelled to surrender and was murdered by the rebels, and his wealth, in addition to that which they had already acquired, enabled Muzaffar to raise an army of nearly 30,000 horse.